Improvement in toy guns



` .l UNITED- STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD BUOKMAN AND ALEXANDER BUOKMAN, OF BROOKLYN, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN TOY GUNS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 107,442, datedSeptember 20, 1870; antedated September 5, 1870.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWARD BUcKMAN and ALEXANDER BUCKMAN, of Brooklyn,in the' cordance with our improvement, showing thev plunger in differentpositions.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In our improved toy gun, which is the sub-v ject of this specification,the barrel of the gun has connected with it a magazine for theprojectiles arranged to lie in a crosswise direction to the barrel, andserving to form a handle whereby to hold the gun. The projectiles, whichmaybe marbles or other like articles, are entered within the magazinethrough a hole in the side of the latter, and are fed u p intothebarrel, one by one, through the action of a springfollower upon theplunger, which ejects them, being drawn back, so as to uncover asupplyaperture connecting the magazine with the barrel. rlhe plunger isof a compound description, the same being formed in two parts, the oneof which fits or slides within the other, and is connected with theouter section by a spring, that in drawing back the entire plunger isdepressed by comin g in contact with a projection in the barrel, wherebythe outer plunger, sec

tion is released and caused by the action of an Aoutside spring orsprings to y forward into the barrel and eject the projectile.

The improvement also embraces certain peculiarities in the constructionofthe details, including a peculiar form of the plunger at its nose orrin g end, whereby in using projectiles of varied sizes but one can beejected at a time, although two be fed by the magazine into the barrelalso including a spring-stop to prevent the dropping out of theprojectile from the barr'el prior to the gun being discharged.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A

' represents the barrel of the gun, and B its magazine, arranged to lieat right angles to the barrel intermediately of the length of thelatter, and connecting therewith by an aperture,

back a spring-follower, C, that operates to feedl up the projectilesinto the barrel of the gun on the discharging-plum ger being drawn backso as to uncover the aperture a.

The plunger is composed of two leading parts-namely, an outer tubular ordischarging section, D, made to freely tit the barrel A, and operatin gto eject the projectile therefrom by the agency of a spring or springs,d, when released for the .purpose after being drawn back. These springsmay be india-rubber bands or straps that are stretched on drawing backthe plunger and contract to give the necessary discharging stroke orforce to it, the same being attached at their one end to the barrel andat their opposite end to the rear portion of the plunger-section D,which is provided with a collar, s, that acts as a stop to the plungerat the eXtreme end of its advance stroke. The other portion or section,D', of the plunger consists of a rod arranged to lit the outer section,D, from its rear, so as to be capable of sliding longitudinally withinsaid section, with which it is geared, for the purpose of drawing itback by a spring-catch, e, carried by the rod-section D', and arrangedto project through a slot, f, in the outer or sleeve section, D, so thatwhen the plunger, as a whole, is about completing its back-stroke saidspring e, by coming in contact with a projection, g, in the barrel, isforced inwardand made to release the outer or tubular section, D, inorder that the springs d may give the necessary forward or ejectingstroke to the section D of the plunger. Thus the plunger is released toeject the projectile in a sharp or quick and positive manner at a xedpoint in its stroke, and while the handle or rod section of the plungeris being drawn out or back, which dispenses with all nicety orparticularity of management, both in loading and ring. After theprojectile has been discharged,the rod-section D is pushed forward intothe tubular section D of the plunger until the springcatch e againshoots into lock through the slot f with said tubular section. Therod-section D' has its stroke properly restricted, and` is .guided inits course to insure the spring e beforward to reestablish gear with theouter or tubular section, D.

Regarding the plunger as a whole, it .is scooped or beveled and roundedoft' at thelcwer nportion or half of its nose orshooting end, as at 7c,so that in case the projectiles varyin size and more than one be forcedfrom the magazine into the barrel at a time, but one will be ejected,and the surplus marble or projectile be driven back into the magazine bythe form ofthe plunger at its front when being projected forward.

Arranged within the barrel immediately in front of the magazine is asmall piece of rubber or other suitable elastic material, forming alspring-stop, m, which, when not depressed bythe plunger, projects intothe barrel, as seen in Fig. 1, and serves to prevent the dropping out ofthe projectile fed into the barrel from the magazine, as liable to takeplace in the handling of the gun or dip of the barrel at its forwardend, but which spring is forced into a recess, n, out of the way, asrepresented it Fig. 2, by the action of the plunger on the projectilewhen being shot, to allow of said projectile passing it.

What is here claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

1. The arrangement, substantially as specified, of the magazine andhandle B, carrying a spring-follower, C, with the barrel Aof the gun.

2. The combination of the plunger-sections D D', the spring-catch e,slot f, and projection g, with the spring or springs d, substantially-as shown and described.

3. The plunger constructed with a. shelving portion, k, at its forwardend, in combination with the barrel A and magazine B, substantially asspecified.

4. The combination ofthe pin or screw hand groove t' with theplunger-sections D D', the spring-catch 6, slot f, and projection g,substantially as described.

`EDWARD BUCKMAN. ALEX. BUGKMAN. Witnesses:

FRED. HAYNEs, HENRY PALMER.

